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Dr. S. Ambadi Narayanan

Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Humanities (English), School of Engineering, Chennai

Qualification: Ph.D
s_ambadinarayanan@ch.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Contemporary Literary and Cultural Studies; Postmodern Narratology; Climate Humanities and Ecocriticism; Posthumanism; Literature and Political Economy; Global Capitalism and Neoliberalism; Spatial Narratology; Gender and Feminist Studies; Pandemic and Post-apocalyptic Narratives; Contemporary British and Irish Literature.

Bio Publications Education Conference Presentations Achievements Courses Taught
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Dr. S. Ambadi Narayanan is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Science and Humanities, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai Campus. He obtained his PhD in English Language and Literature from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus. His doctoral research, titled “Imperatives of Global Capitalism and Emergence of Alternate Social Structures: A Narratological Study of Societies after Implosion,” explores the intersections of global capitalism, social transformation, and narrative through contemporary literary and theoretical works. He completed his Integrated Master of Arts (M.A.) in English Language and Literature from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus.   He has over six years of research experience. is academic and research interests encompass contemporary literary and cultural studies, postmodern narratology, climate humanities, ecocriticism, posthumanism, political economy in literature, and spatial narratives.

Prior to joining Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, he served as a Senior English Instructor at NxtWave, where he was involved in English language training, academic quality assurance, and the mentoring of English instructors across seventeen campuses in India. His role also involved the development and evaluation of AI-enabled quality assessment frameworks and technology-assisted approaches to English language learning.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2024

Staging Absence as an Alternate Theatre Narrative: Post-dramatic Aesthetics and Minimalist Performance in Jon Fosse’s Melancholy I-II (2023) and Someone is Going to Come (1996)

Cite this Research Publication : “Staging Absence as an Alternate Theatre Narrative: Postdramatic Aesthetics and Minimalist Performance in Jon Fosse’s Melancholy I–II (2023) and Someone Is Going to Come (1996).”Theatre International, Vol. XXI, December 2024.
ISSN: 2378-2036. UGC-Approved Multidisciplinary Peer-Reviewed Journal. (UGC CARE list)

Year : 2021

Societies in Implosion and Emergence of Alternate Social Models: A Psychological Overview of Select Works of Anna Burns, Ayi Kwei Armah and Burhan Sönmez

Cite this Research Publication : “Societies in Implosion and Emergence of Alternate Social Models: A Psychological Overview of Select Works of Anna Burns, Ayi Kwei Armah and Burhan Sönmez.”
Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology, Vol. 25, Issue 6, 2021, pp. 16992–17005.
ISSN: 1583-6258.

Publisher : Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology

Year : 2019

Conceptualizing Artificial Intelligence through Alternate Neo-Planetary Models in the Science Fiction of Dan Simmons

Cite this Research Publication : “Conceptualizing Artificial Intelligence through Alternate Neo-Planetary Models in the Science Fiction of Dan Simmons.”
International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), Vol. 2, Issue 12, October 2019.
ISSN: 2278-3075. Scopus-Indexed Journal.

Publisher : International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE)

Education
SI. No Degree Specialization Year of Graduation Institution
1.  Ph.D. Contemporary literary and Cultural Studies, Postmodern Narratology, Climate Humanities, Posthumanism, Political Economy in Literature, and Spatial Narratives.  2025 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2. Integrated MA English English Language and Literature 2018 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
4. HSC Bio- Maths  2013 Kendriya Vidyalaya, Adoor
5. SSLC English, Maths, Science, Social Science, Sanskrit 2011 Kendriya Vidyalaya, Adoor
Conference Presentations
  1. Two-Day International Conference on “Women and Sectarian Violence in South Asia: Fiction and Reality”
    Organized by the Centre for English Studies, School of Language and Cultural Studies, Central University of Gujarat.
    Paper Presented: “Meandering of a Female Soul: A Study of Taslima Nasrin’s Exile: A Memoir.”
  2. International Conference on “Indian Literature as World Literature: Past, Present, Future”
    Organized by The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU).
    Paper Presented: “Wordsworthian Realm in Regional Malayalam Literature: Musings of the Maestros.”
  3. International Conference on “Ecology and Culture: Ecological and Cultural Cognizance – A Boulevard of Sustainable Amiability”
    Jointly organized by FSLE-India and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
    Paper Presented: “A Cerulean Dystopia: A Politico-Ecological Study of Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 (2017).”
  4. International Conference on “Region/Nation/Trans-Nation: Literature-Cinema Interface” Organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus.
  5. Paper Presented: “Wordsworthian Realm in Malayalam Literature-Cinema Interface: Unsung Heroes of Mollywood.”
Achievements
  1. National Winner – Performance Arts (Mime), INDYWOOD Talent Hunt 2018 – Secured the National Winner title in the Performance Arts category for Mime.
  2. First Prize – Mime, DHWANI ’18, College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), 2018.
  3. Third Prize – Mime, RAGAM ’18, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut), 2018.
  4. First Prize – Mime, DHWANI ’17, College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), 2017.
  5. Second Prize – Mime, RAGAM ’17, National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT Calicut), 2017.
Courses Taught
  • 19ENG111:Technical Communication,
  • 23ENG101: Technical Communication
  • 21ENG111: Professional Communication,
  • 19ENG234: Indian Short Stories In English,
  • 18ELL504: Shakespeare Studies,
  • 18ELL203: Life Writing I
  • 18ELL511: Literary Theory I
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